when the applet loads because of my (well imagine a whole bunch of *s here;) sensitive mouse wheel and the "show solution" 'being focused' i often see the solution or the first move of it... if it's only me, i don't mind it too much, i just need to remmber to click right somewhere else to remove it... but if it happens to others, would it be possible to change it?

I don't have that problem in MacOSX, but do have the same annoying problem in Linux or Windows (browser choice doesn't seem to matter)

but perhaps a better solution might be to rearrange the page layout so one wouldn't have to scroll the page to view the java applet problem - like putting the header/menus vertically along the side instead of the top